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Chicken Fried Rice (Nasi Goreng Ayam)
Nasi Goreng Ayam is Indonesian chicken fried rice that you can make in less than 30 minutes. It's a delicious way to use up leftover rice and chicken. Seasoned with kecap manis, this simple dish is packed with flavors.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings: 2 portions
Calories: 4724 kcal
Course:
Breakfast , Lunch , Dinner
Cuisine:
Indonesian
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked rice
- 2 cooked chicken shredded.
- 4 tablespoons cooking oil
- ½ teaspoon ground pepper
- 3 tablespoons Sweet soy sauce
Spice paste
- 1 onion.
- 3 cloves Garlic.
- 4 fresh chilies.
- ½ teaspoon of dried shrimp paste terasi
- 1 teaspoon of salt.
Optional
- 4 eggs.
- 1 spring onion sliced.
- A handful of fried onions.
- prawn crackers kerupuk
Instructions
- Using a pestle and mortar or a food processor, grind the spice paste ingredients into a paste. Set aside.
- Heat the oil in a wok on high heat and fry the spice paste until it releases a delicious aroma.
- Add the shredded chicken and ground pepper to the spice paste. Stir fry at medium-high heat until the chicken is covered with the spice, and it is cooked through.
- Add the rice to the chicken and break any lumps and clumps in the rice. Toss and stir.
- Drizzle the sweet soy sauce over the rice. Toss the rice until the spice and soy sauce are evenly distributed, and cover the rice.
- Check the taste. Add the salt to your liking, if needed. Keep cooking until the rice is cooked through and piping hot. Set aside.
- Fry the eggs individually or cook them into omelets. If you do the latter, you can slice the omelets.
- Put the fried eggs or omelet slices on the fried rice when serving. Sprinkle the fried onion and spring onion slices on the top. Enjoy your nasi goreng ayam with kerupuk on the side.
Cup of Yum
Notes
- You can add more or less chilies according to your liking.
- You can use any neutral cooking oil, such as sunflower, canola, corn, or groundnut oil.
- Shrimp paste has a very strong, pungent aroma. If you are not a fan, you can omit it. Or, you can replace it with two teaspoons of fish sauce for a milder umami taste.
- If you can not get Indonesian sweet soy sauce, you can replicate it by mixing 1 tablespoon of dark soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of tomato ketchup, and 2 tablespoons of soft brown sugar.
Nutrition Information
Serving
150grams
Calories
4724kcal
(236%)
Carbohydrates
171g
(57%)
Protein
518g
(1036%)
Fat
202g
(311%)
Saturated Fat
45g
(225%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
49g
Monounsaturated Fat
90g
Trans Fat
0.3g
Cholesterol
2123mg
(708%)
Sodium
5103mg
(213%)
Potassium
5573mg
(159%)
Fiber
7g
(28%)
Sugar
55g
(110%)
Vitamin A
3579IU
(72%)
Vitamin C
272mg
(302%)
Calcium
452mg
(45%)
Iron
30mg
(167%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2portions
Amount Per Serving
Calories 4724
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 150grams | |
| Calories | 4724kcal | 236% |
| Carbohydrates | 171g | 57% |
| Protein | 518g | 1036% |
| Fat | 202g | 311% |
| Saturated Fat | 45g | 225% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 49g | 288% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 90g | 450% |
| Trans Fat | 0.3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 2123mg | 708% |
| Sodium | 5103mg | 213% |
| Potassium | 5573mg | 119% |
| Fiber | 7g | 28% |
| Sugar | 55g | 110% |
| Vitamin A | 3579IU | 72% |
| Vitamin C | 272mg | 302% |
| Calcium | 452mg | 45% |
| Iron | 30mg | 167% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.